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No street for Ken Griffey Jr.

December 14, 2010 @ 3:31 am (Updated: 3:46 pm - 3/28/11 )

The person behind an effort to get a street near Safeco Field renamed after former Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. says he's dropping the ball. Instead, he'll try to get a street's name changed in honor of broadcast legend Dave Niehaus.

It wasn't that long ago, in June, when Griffey announced his retirement from playing baseball and disappeared from Seattle. A day later, fans started an effort to rename a section of 1st Avenue in front of Safeco "Ken Griffey Jr. Way."

"Being a kid from a very small town in New Jersey and coming to a large city like Seattle, my first Mariner's game is something I'll never forget," fan Glen Garnett said back then. "We should retire his number, have a ticker tape parade for him."

Now Garnett is retiring the plan to rename a street after Junior. It's an effort he couldn't hit out of the park because businesses resisted the name change, and Griffey reportedly didn't like the "Way" part of the street anyway, preferring "Drive" instead.

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So no "drive," and no "way" for Griffey.

Garnett tells me now they'll work to have Occidental Avenue next to the parking garage renamed after the late Dave Niehaus. The Seattle City Council will discuss the idea after the first of the year.

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  • roomtemp wrote...
    Ball players are NOT heroes...
    December 14, 2010 9:13 pm
    They make millions for playing with a ball in a stupid game that changes nothing for anybody. Big deal. If they want to pay for a road/school/etc, we'll put their name on it. Otherwise, get stuffed.

    MLK deserves having a road named after him. The favorite ball fondler of the week does not.

    How about 'we voted down this stadium twice but they built it anyway' avenue. Or, 'Is the kingdome paid for yet?' avenue. (Small font needed.)

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Why not name it after
    December 15, 2010 8:13 am
    The out of towners who rent automobiles and those that eat at restaurants and folks who go to the games?After all they are the ones who are paying for SAFECO. How about Exploited SUCKER Avenue?
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